Sunday, October 5, 2008

My most recent meeting with Mireya went really well. We started off with some confusion, because we had agreed to meet in front of the library at 9 am on Saturday. After she didn't show up for 15 minutes, I called her and we worked it out that she was at the bookstore, not the library. We walked over to the library together and she told me about her crazy morning, trying to find a babysitter for her 3-year-old son. I began asking her about her kids and family. At the library, I showed her how to log on to the TCU computers. She didn't know her username and password and the help center didn't open until noon. We found her username by searching it at my.tcu.edu but she didn't know the answers to her security questions so we were unable to get her password. Afterwards, she asked if there were any websites that could help her youngest son start learning before he went to school in a year. We found a lot of good websites that had free interactive learning games and print-outs. She then asked me about my computer experience. She wanted to know how long I'd been around computers, when I first started using a computer, and how I learned to type. After we talked, I offered to show her how to type. We searched and found online games and tutorials that helped with typing. So far, I've really enjoyed getting to know Mireya. She's a really smart person and it's really great to see her progress. I'm really excited about our next meeting! We're going to meet at noon, instead of 9am and ask the help center about her password so she can log in.

4 comments:

Paige said...

Yeah, it's really cool to see progress. I feel like Dolores is a lot more talkative that when we first met!

williams.dan76 said...

Hi Ashleigh,Thanks for the great post, and thanks for the good work you are doing with Mireya. I love that she asked you to help her with the driving test. That's just great. I also appreciate your helping her with computers. What we take for granted in our daily lives can be so meaningful to others. If I can help, please let me know. Best,
Dan W.

Anh (Jimmy) Tin Mai said...

I'm glad that your meeting was not just a teacher - student one but a more conversation. You and your partner were just like friends and everything seemed going pretty well.
I believe that you and your partner have build such a strong relationship.
Good work and keep doing it!

Jimmy

Eddie said...

good to hear you enjoyed your meeting with Mireya. hope your meetings continue to go well